14 DAY TRIAL // Police have discovered the body of a man declared missing from Kansas several weeks ago. 54-year-old David Welch's remains were first spotted by a hitchhiker in eastern Utah.
Utah Highway Patrol trooper Gary Riches tells Fox News that the victim has been recovered in his 2000 Pontiac Montana on Interstate 70.
He disappeared on Sept. 3, when he left his home in Manhattan, Kansas without telling anyone. His family had no information as to where he was going and why he was in a different state.
An examination revealed that he was too injured to move, when he crashed his car and got stuck off the side of a ravine, off the Interstate.
He was alive for "several days" after the crash, but the area is quite deserted and he was not spotted.
"It’s a pretty lonely stretch out there," Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Scott Robertson describes for The Salt Lake Tribune.
He wrote his family a letter as he was waiting to be rescued, his wife Kelly wrote on Twitter.
“Dave was entrapped in the vehicle down the 50-foot ravine, he wrote each of us a love note. He knew he was dying and there was no way out,” she posts.
She had set up a Facebook page named "Find Dave Welch," before his remains were found.
"Dear Dave, it has been 7 weeks since you left. Your wife, children and grandchildren miss you more than the sky is high. Your classmates and friends are concerned for your health and want to help. As we sit at home tonight with tears welling up.
"Our hearts aching, we wonder where you are. We only pray that you see this message and ask God to bring you home soon. We love you!" the family wrote.